Last week, Cooper experienced a brute force attack, which is a hacking method that uses trial and error to crack passwords, login credentials, and encryption keys, on Cooper’s network gateway. Although the threat actors failed at multiple user ID and password attempts, these disruptions resulted in some Cooper team members being locked out of their accounts. Our IT department placed blocks on the gateways to stop the threat actors and mitigate the impact.
We are alerting you to this activity to emphasize the need for you to be aware of threats to our systems. Please be aware of any multifactor requests. Deny any you did not make, and report any suspicious activity to IT.
Thank you for your help keeping our network safe.